Festival Hub: Halifax Pop Explosion

The Scene:

Halifax Pop Explosion 2019: October 23-26, 2019

  • …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
  • Alex Bent + the Emptiness
  • Alexandria Maillot
  • Alexia Avina
  • Aquakultre
  • Arkells
  • Backxwash
  • Beauts
  • Calm Baretta
  • Cassie Josephine & The Cry If I Want To’s
  • Caveboy
  • Charlotte Cornfield
  • chillteens
  • Common Holly
  • Deanna Petcoff
  • Designosaur
  • Diamondtown
  • Diet Cig
  • DJ NDN
  • DOOMSQUAD
  • Driftwood People
  • Elisapie
  • Haviah Mighty
  • Hua Li 化力
  • Janette King
  • Japanese Breakfast
  • Jennah Barry
  • Jerry Faye
  • Juice Girls
  • Just John x Dom Dias
  • Kaia Kater
  • Katie Matzell
  • Kim Harris
  • Leanne Hoffman
  • Life In Vacuum
  • Little Cities
  • Luna Li
  • Lydia Persaud
  • Marian
  • Maura Whitman
  • Mother Mother
  • Mouraine
  • Nicolette & The Nobodies
  • OUTTACONTROLLER
  • Owen Steel
  • PUP
  • Rich Aucoin
  • Ryan Cook & Sunny Acres
  • Snotty Nose Rez Kids
  • Spencer Krug
  • The Hypochondriacs
  • Villages
  • Vince The Messenger
  • Waants
  • Walrus
  • Weakened Friends
  • Wolf Castle
  • Wolf Saga
  • Yohvn Blvck
  • Zoon
Halifax Pop Explosion 2018: October 17-20, 2018
  • ANEMONE
  • APPLECAT
  • AQUAKULTRE
  • ART D’ECCO
  • ASTRAL SWANS
  • BASEMENT REVOLVER
  • BEACH BODY
  • BLAKDENIM
  • BONNIE TRASH
  • BORN RUFFIANS
  • CADENCE WEAPON
  • CARINAE
  • CHUDI HARRIS
  • CHUNDER BUFFET
  • CUPCAKKE
  • DEVARROW
  • DJ MELBOOGIE
  • DJ SHUB
  • DJ UNCLE FESTER
  • EAMON MCGRATH DEVASTATION TRIO
  • EXPANDA FUZZ
  • FAT TONY
  • FUTURE PEERS
  • GAELYNN LEA
  • GEORGIAN BAY
  • GHETTOSOCKS
  • GIANNA LAUREN
  • GONE IN APRIL
  • HELENA DELAND
  • HELLO DELAWARE
  • HILLSBURN
  • HOLY HUM
  • HUA LI
  • I M U R
  • JAYD INK
  • JEREMY DUTCHER
  • JON MCKIEL
  • JOSEPH OF MERCURY
  • JUSTIN NOZUKA
  • KALLE MATTSON
  • KAYO
  • KEONTÉ BEALS
  • KP THE GREAT
  • KXNG WOOZ
  • LAKES OF CANADA
  • LIVING HOUR
  • LOST COUSINS
  • MAJE
  • MATTY GALAXY
  • MIESHA AND THE SPANKS
  • MILLIMETRIK
  • MOON KING
  • MOSCOW APARTMENT
  • MOTHERHOOD
  • NATALIE LYNN
  • NILLA
  • OBUXUM
  • PORT CITIES
  • PRAISES
  • PROPERTY
  • QUAKE MATTHEWS
  • RAYANNAH
  • REUBEN AND THE DARK
  • SEAN LEON
  • SEAN-ONE
  • SHEVY PRICE
  • SKYE WALLACE
  • SOAP OPERA
  • SORREY
  • SPORTSFAN
  • T. THOMASON
  • TACHICHI
  • TALLIES
  • THE SORORITY
  • THRILLAH
  • TRAILS
  • VALFREYA
  • VAN BUREN BOYS
  • WEARY
  • WITCH PROPHET
  • YANI MO
  • ZAKI IBRAHIM
  • Zola Jesus
Halifax Pop Explosion 2017: October 18-21, 2017
  • Bambii
  • Bat Sabbath
  • Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires
  • Charlotte Day Wilson
  • Cloud Nothings
  • Elliott BROOD
  • Japandroids
  • Lido Pimienta
  • Malcolm London
  • Patrick Watson
  • Ralph
  • Ria Mae with Symphony Nova Scotia
  • The Rural Alberta Advantage
  • Tasha The Amazon
  • Weaves
  • Wyatt Cenac
  • Yamantaka // Sonic Titan
  • Yukon Blonde
Halifax Pop Explosion 2016: October 19-22, 2016
  • HEY ROSETTA!
  • CHARLES BRADLEY
  • KEYS N KRATES
  • BASIA BULAT
  • A.A. WALLACE
  • ALANA YORKE
  • ALPHACUB
  • BEAUTS
  • BLACK MOOR
  • BRAVESTATION
  • CACTUS FLOWER
  • CAMERON ESPOSITO
  • CENTURY EGG
  • CHASTITY
  • CHERYL HANN
  • CITY NATIVES
  • CROSSED WIRES
  • DANIEL CAESAR
  • DUMPSTER MUMMY
  • EDDY
  • EVERARDO RAMIREZ
  • FIRST FRAGMENT
  • FREELOVE FENNER
  • GEIL
  • GERMAPHOBES
  • GRANDTHEFT
  • GREYS
  • HANNAH GEORGAS
  • HARRISON
  • HEAVEN FOR REAL
  • HOLY FUCK
  • JAY ARNER
  • JAY MAYNE
  • JOHN RIVER
  • KRONOS
  • KYLE KINANE
  • LAPS
  • LAURA SAUVAGE
  • LOVELAND
  • MACCIE
  • MARY GREEN
  • MATTY GALAXY
  • MEGA BOG
  • MEGAN MCDOWELL
  • MICK FUTURES
  • MO KENNEY & SYMPHONY NOVA SCOTIA
  • MONOMYTH
  • MOSS LIME
  • NAP EYES
  • NOT YOU
  • OKAY TK
  • OLD AND WEIRD
  • ORCHID’S CURSE
  • PARTNER
  • PET SUN
  • PETRA GLYNT
  • PHERN
  • PKEW PKEW PKEW
  • PROGRAMM
  • PUP
  • PUSHER
  • QUAKE MATTHEWS
  • REENY SMITH
  • REPARTEE
  • RHEA BUTCHER
  • ROIYAL CANOE
  • SCHMIEDS PULS
  • SCUM GRIEF
  • SHE DEVILS
  • SOFT SPOT
  • STRUAN SUTHERLAND
  • SUNSHINE & THE BLUE MOON
  • SUPERMOON
  • THE BARR BROTHERS
  • THE BELLE GAME
  • THE HIGHEST ORDER
  • THE LUYAS
  • THE PAINTERS
  • THE YIPS
  • TRACES
  • TRAVIS LINDSAY
  • TUNS
  • WALRUS
  • VOIVOD
  • WHITE LUNG
Halifax Pop Explosion 2014: October 21-25, 2014
  • AA Wallace
  • Alfie
  • Astral Swans
  • Austra
  • BADBADNOTGOOD
  • Brave Radar
  • Bry Webb
  • Chad VanGaalen
  • City Natives.
  • Cold Specks
  • Colour Code
  • Cousins
  • Freelover Fenner
  • Gianna Lauren
  • Glory Glory
  • Heaven For Real
  • Ill Gates
  • Jay Mayne
  • Jen Kirkman
  • Jon Mckiel
  • Kalle Mattson
  • Kappa Chow
  • Kevin Drew
  • Kim Churchill
  • Kim Harris
  • kurvi tasch.
  • Like A Motorcycle
  • Mike Boyd
  • Mo Kenney
  • Mozart’s Sister
  • Old and Weird
  • Operators
  • OUTTACONTROLLER
  • P.S. I Love You
  • Panos
  • Petra
  • Rich Aucoin
  • Ryan Hemsworth
  • Single Mothers
  • Solids
  • SonReal
  • Soupcans
  • Strange Attractor
  • Swearin’
  • Tanya Tagaq
  • Technical Kidman
  • TEEN
  • Teenage Kicks
  • Tennyson
  • The Flatliners
  • the WAYO
  • The Wooden Sky
  • Thrillah
  • Thugli
  • Tokyo Police Club
  • Un Blonde
  • Veneers
  • Vogue Dots
  • Walrus
  • Weirdo Click
  • Whitehorse
  • WTCHS
  • Zeds Dead
Halifax Pop Explosion 2013: October 22-26, 2013
  • TBA
Halifax Pop Explosion 2012: October 16-20, 2012
  • Adventure Club
  • Atlas Sound
  • Bane
  • Big John Bates
  • Black Lips
  • Born Ruffians
  • Clinic
  • Code Orange Kids
  • Cold Specks
  • Cool Blue Halo
  • Dan Mangan with Symphony Nova Scotia
  • Dance Laury Dance
  • Deer Tick
  • dVbbs
  • Elliott BROOD
  • El-P
  • Eugene Mirman
  • Hip Club Groove
  • Humans
  • King Tuff
  • Mike O’Neill
  • of Montreal
  • Purity Ring
  • Strate Jakets
  • The Blind Shake
  • The Pack A.D.
  • The Spring Standards
  • The Super Friendz
  • The White Buffalo
  • Wintersleep
  • Zola Jesus
  • More TBA
Halifax Pop Explosion 2011: October 18-22, 2011
  • A Sight for Sewn Eyes
  • Acres of Lions
  • Adam and the Amethysts
  • Amanita Bloom
  • Ambition
  • Amelia Curran
  • Animal Faces
  • Audrey and the Agents
  • The Balconies
  • Banded Stilts
  • The Belle Comedians
  • Ben Caplan and the Casual Smokers
  • Bend the River
  • Bike Rodeo
  • The Black Shades
  • The Blackrats
  • Bloodhouse
  • Bonjay
  • Born Gold
  • BRAIDS
  • Bruce Peninsula
  • Bugs in the Dark
  • Burdens
  • Cailean Lewis
  • Carleton Stone
  • Carmen Townsend
  • Cat Bag
  • Chad VanGaalen
  • Charlotte Cornfield
  • Chixdiggit
  • Chris Page
  • Cold Warps
  • Cousins
  • The Crackling
  • Dan Mangan
  • Dance Movie
  • Daniel Ledwell
  • The Darcys
  • DD/MM/YYYY
  • Deadhorse
  • The Deadly Hearts
  • Death Valley Driver
  • Dennis Ellsworth and the Haunted Hearts
  • Demon’s Claws
  • Dezza
  • Die Brucke
  • DJ James Reid
  • DJ T-Woo
  • Dog Day
  • Dream Friends
  • DUZHEKNEW
  • English Words
  • Envision
  • The Extremities
  • Find the Others
  • Fucked Up
  • Gabrielle Papillon
  • Ghettosocks
  • Gianna Lauren
  • Giant Hand
  • Gigas
  • Glory Glory
  • Gloryhound
  • The Graboids
  • Graham Wright and the Good Times Band
  • Greys
  • Hand Cream
  • Hind Legs
  • Hip Club Groove
  • Honheehonhee
  • HUE
  • Ian Kamau
  • ISBN
  • Ivy Mairi
  • Jeff the Brotherhood
  • Jeff Torbert
  • Jennifer Castle
  • Jenocide
  • Jeremy Glenn
  • Jesse Dangerously
  • Jesuslesfilles
  • JF Robitaille
  • Jon Mckiel
  • Juan MacLean
  • Kepi Ghoulie Electric
  • Keys N Krates
  • Kidstreet
  • Kim Churchill
  • Kite Hill
  • Klarka Weinwurm
  • Kou Chou Ching
  • Kuato
  • Lake Names
  • The Last Felony
  • Les Jupes
  • Library Voices
  • Long Weekends
  • Megan Bonnell
  • The Meligrove Band
  • Miracle Fortress
  • Mo Kenney
  • Molly Thomason
  • More or Les
  • The Motorleague
  • Murder by Death
  • No Joy
  • The Nuclear
  • Obsydian
  • Ohbijou
  • Old and Weird
  • Olenka and the Autumn Lovers
  • Olenka Krakus
  • One Hundred Dollars
  • Orchid’s Curse
  • Outtacontroller
  • The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
  • The Paint Movement
  • Paper Beat Scissors
  • PAPERMAPS
  • Pepper Rabbit
  • Plants and Animals
  • The Provincial Archive
  • PS I Love You
  • Punk Rock Karaoke
  • Quaker Parents
  • Quivers
  • Racoon Bandit
  • Rain Over St. Ambrose
  • Rape Faction
  • RatTail
  • Relic
  • Repartee
  • Reversing Falls
  • Rich Aucoin and Friends
  • Rituals
  • Rome Romeo
  • Rural Alberta Advantage
  • Sandman Viper Command
  • Sex With Strangers
  • The Shakedown Combo
  • She Kills
  • Sheer Agony
  • Shotgun Jimmie
  • The Skeletones Four
  • Skip Jensen
  • Skratch Bastid
  • Snailhouse
  • Something Good
  • Southern Shores
  • Spookey Ruben
  • The Spring Standards
  • The Standstills
  • Stars
  • Suuns
  • Symphony Nova Scotia
  • Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt!
  • The Daredevil Christopher Wright
  • Thee Oh Sees
  • The Thermals
  • These Electric Lives
  • Timber Timbre
  • Tiny Danza
  • Titus Andronicus
  • Tongan Death Grip
  • The Town Heroes
  • Transfixed
  • Trouble Andrew
  • The Trouble Shooters
  • Tupper Ware Remix Party
  • Twin Shadow
  • Unexpect
  • VKNGS
  • We Were Lovers
  • We’re Doomed
  • The Weather Station
  • Weekend Dads
  • The Wheat Pool
  • Whiskey Bent and Hellbound
  • Wildlife
  • Windom Earle
  • Word iz Bond
  • Zeds Dead